Noun rhode island has 2 senses
  1. Rhode Island, Little Rhody, Ocean State, RI - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state
    --1 is a kind of American state
    --1 is a part of New England
    --1 has parts:
     Brown University, Brown; Providence, capital of Rhode Island; Newport; Narragansett Bay
  2. Rhode Island - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    --2 is a kind of
    Colony
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